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The Community Foundation's fundholders are what make the Community Foundation one of the largest charitable funders in the Midlands. Without these generous individuals, families and businesses we simply wouldn't exist.

More than 390 individuals, families, corporations and organizations have chosen us to manage their charitable investments totaling $114 million. In this section, you will find a small sample of donor stories we have captured throughout the years. We thank each of our fundholders for selecting us to be the stewards and investors for their charitable wishes.

Malcolm and Kitty are planning the legacy they want to leave. They created a small family foundation after moving to Columbia as a “way to continue giving when we can no longer do so ourselves,” Malcolm say

Helen Clay is no stranger to philanthropy or to Central Carolina Community Foundation. In 1996, her parents, Henry and Emily Clay, started a fund with the Foundation. Fourteen years later, Helen started her own fund as well.